We often talk about three basic kinds of words. Good words, bad words, and God's words. Good words may encourage but last for a moment, bad words are destructive and tear down, and God's words bring life and are everlasting. If you had to do an inventory of the words you spoke on a daily basis how would the percentages play out? In Joshua chapter 1 verse 8 it says this:
"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."
I love how this verse says, "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your MOUTH..." God's words should always be flowing out of our mouths in conversation. Think about it for a second. When someone brings up the name Jesus, Scripture, or even just talks about what God is doing in their life or community what goes on inside of you? Do you get excited? Does passion start to burst forth? When we speak God's words we are speaking life into people.
How then do we speak God's words you may be asking. Well the answer is found in the next part of the verse, "you shall MEDITATE on it day and night..." 1st Timothy 4:7b-8 says this,
"train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come."
If you thought following Jesus was easy I am here to inform you that you have been mistaken. Scripture lays out how hard it is to follow Christ and that it requires intense training, discipline, perseverance, endurance, and much more. Just as we train for sports, careers, hobbies, and other things in life that are temporal we must train even harder for the eternal. We must meditate constantly on the Word of God so that the Words of God will flow from our mouth. We must be people of God who speak life.
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